St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-25

~ "a, T. S0CldIlOflS. u Is
wv filled with curious
relics of the past and interesting views
of the present. Good taste and the evil
denceS of culture and refinement are
everywhere. 1t is the place in which
to study the better phases of quiet Eng
liSh country life. Both the mistress
and master are interes ing people, and
no visitor catches the atmosphere of
this place without this fact being soon
made manifest, writes a correspondent
of the New York World.
The charming mistress has recently
left the English shores for her old home,
her first trip to America in two years.
She she says she will return before the
severe weather OF the late fall sets in,
but the charms of her native land may
possibly be sufficient to keep her
longer. Vivian, her eldest daughter and
second child, sailed with her. She is
beautiful girl, the image of her
mother as she can be recalled when she
first entered the White house when her
her eldest son, is now boy of ten years
old; the little girl who went with her to
America is eight, and Rosa, the young
est, is six. An interesting little group
this mother and children make.
ITS STATELY SURROUNDINGS.
Mr.. SatOris, the elder, is very fond of
his daughter-in-law, and SmOOthS her
path with much tenderness. When
Nellie Gas every one calls herr is home
there is delightful family circle in this
old mansion. Yet Nellie Grants place on
the Southampton waters is not a palace
or a great house like Bienheim or Bad
minton, but it is home full of restful-
ness and crowded with beauty. The
house stands hardly the splendid
country road which follows the banks
of the river, and the acres which sur
round it are washed by the waters
Southampton its harbor. To the
right and the left of it all is beauty and
grandeur. Both sea and land are dotted
with interesting objects, recalling the
dingy past and typifying the alert
present. Great castles, with their lovely
grounds and wOndrouS histories, are on
every hand. Across the waters of the
SOlent is Osborne house, the queens
summer palace, with its broad park. com
Portable shade and aristOcratic sur
rOundings. Norris Castle adjoins it
with mien and with traditions that are
beyond my descriptive powers. 1t is
next to the queens present residence,
but she lived there nearly sixty years
ago, and many of the happiest of her
girlhood days were spent in the grove
and on the lawn, which slopes gently
down to the waters which carry the
SWEETEST yacht fleet that sails in any
part of the world. Strange that this old
ruin should be rebuilt by Mr.. Bell, the
editor of Bells Life, the great sporting
paper of all England. The crown prince
of Germany has lived there most of this
summer.
WHERE ROYAL YACHTS ARE MoORED.
To the right of Nellie Grants home
CoweS can be seen with it's harbOr full
of sailing yachts and the richest pleas
ure craft of all descriptions. The boats
of the royalty, Albert and Victoria,
which carry the queen, and the Osborne,
which is at the bidding of the Prince of
Wales, lay at anchor in these waters.
The reigning house of Rritain sails in
and out of this harbor every day when
in this locality in the yellOw-painted
and curiously decked craft which are
called royal yachts. Beautiful boats
they are and gOrgeously fitted up. Both
of them carry crews equal to that Oh an
ocean steamer that has the capacity of a
thousand souls. They are kept con-
stantly in commission to do the bidding
of the sovereign and her son. In these
waters, too, the Royal Yacht club has
its home, and the swell races between
social life make things very fashionable
and lively about here. But social life,
as the world knows and feels it in this
locality, does not interrupt the even
tenor of the Sartoris home. There are
Ryde Esplanade and Southsea, two
famous summer places along the beach
like our Far ROckaway, and all within
easy sight or sail of the quiet place
towards which / hope to direct the
readers attention.
=. Nellie Grant is the mistress of this
home now, for the elder Mrs. Sartoris is
dead. The master is the father of the
singular son who married this splendid
American girl, who so worthily bore
great name. The husband, having large
Interests in Wales, is rarely at home,
care of his sons children and his wife'S
happiness. The elder Sartoris is a man
of culture and refinement, devoted to
music, painting and literature. He has
means, and not only surrounds himself
with home air of art and refinement,
but with those who deal in the finer
touches of existence. His daughter-in-
law lives in all atmosphere of the higher
order. There are rich paintings in the
halls and on the parlor walls, music of
every description is in their drawing
rooms and books of the rarest quality in
the library.
The farm is ample, well laid out and
cultivated.
A CHARMING HOMESTEAD.
The house is all old building, with
two centuries of history about it. The
proprietor has added some new features
to the architecture of the main build
ing, and it is ample now to house the
great troop of friends who frequently
come here to enjoy the good taste of
the proprietor. The grounds are beau
tifully laid out and decorated. There
are acres and acres of lawn and pasture,
and many more acres of flowers, shrub
berry and shade. Graveled walks lead
In and out between the rows of great
trees, which run in every direction, and
tasteful flower beds dot the whole slope
from the house to the river. The old
fashioned primrose and pink, with
other flowers SO well remembered in
dear old America, garnish every part of
the lawn and are SO guided that they
make up quaint illustrations of how
beautifully cOlOrs may be combined.
Bowers of evergreens are here and
there. Overlooking the waters there is
one where trailing vines have been
guided over an archway of wire
and the climbing ivy has
been colored with a wealth
of flowers which peep out cunningly
from the dark green leaves of this climb
ing plant. In the center of the beauti-
full resting place is a Venetian well,
brought from the dreamy country by
the elder Sartoris, who has been great
traveller. From the depths of this charm
ing importation cool water is drawn by
an ancient device reminding one of the